Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event: In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in ParisJ. Dodsley, 1790 - 364 páginas |
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... whose penetrating style has engraved in our ordi- nances , and in our hearts , the words and fpirit of that immortal law . It is true that , aided with the powers derived from force and opportunity , the nation was at that time , in ...
... whose penetrating style has engraved in our ordi- nances , and in our hearts , the words and fpirit of that immortal law . It is true that , aided with the powers derived from force and opportunity , the nation was at that time , in ...
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... whose existence had always depended upon whatever rendered pro- perty questionable , ambiguous , and infecure ? Their objects would be enlarged with their eleva- tion , but their difpofition and habits , and mode of accomplishing their ...
... whose existence had always depended upon whatever rendered pro- perty questionable , ambiguous , and infecure ? Their objects would be enlarged with their eleva- tion , but their difpofition and habits , and mode of accomplishing their ...
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... whose peace they troubled . They had long views . They aimed at the rule , not at the deftruction of their country . They were men of great civil , and great military talents , and if the ter- ror , the ornament of their age . They were ...
... whose peace they troubled . They had long views . They aimed at the rule , not at the deftruction of their country . They were men of great civil , and great military talents , and if the ter- ror , the ornament of their age . They were ...
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... whose conftitution has emanated neither from the char ter of their king , nor from their legislative power . There they are furrounded by an army not raised either by the authority of their crown , or by their command ; and which , if ...
... whose conftitution has emanated neither from the char ter of their king , nor from their legislative power . There they are furrounded by an army not raised either by the authority of their crown , or by their command ; and which , if ...
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... whose prerogative it is , to be in a great degree a creature of his own making ; and who when made as he ought to be made , is deftined to hold no trivial place in the creation . But whenever man is put over men , as the better nature ...
... whose prerogative it is , to be in a great degree a creature of his own making ; and who when made as he ought to be made , is deftined to hold no trivial place in the creation . But whenever man is put over men , as the better nature ...
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Página 117 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have in this European world of ours depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined: I mean the spirit of a gentleman and the spirit of religion.
Página 48 - ... the mode of existence decreed to a permanent body composed of transitory parts; wherein, by the disposition of a stupendous wisdom, moulding together the great mysterious incorporation of the human race, the whole, at one time, is never old, or middle-aged, or young, but in a condition of unchangeable constancy, moves on through the varied tenor of perpetual decay, fall, renovation, and progression.
Página 13 - Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 to execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; ' to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 'to execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Página 47 - Magna Charta to the Declaration of Right, it has been the uniform policy of our constitution to claim and assert our liberties, as an entailed inheritance derived to us from our forefathers, and to be transmitted to our posterity ; as an estate specially belonging to the people of this kingdom, without any reference whatever to any other more general or prior right.
Página 133 - Who, born within the last forty years, has read one word of Collins, and Toland, and Tindal, and Chubb, and Morgan, and that whole race who called themselves Freethinkers? Who now reads Bolingbroke? Who ever read him through?
Página 353 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Página 143 - ... approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Página 246 - He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper. This amicable conflict with difficulty obliges us to an intimate acquaintance with our object, and compels us to consider it in all its relations. It will not suffer us to be superficial.
Página 127 - ... dozen grasshoppers under a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink, whilst thousands of great cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the British oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field; that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour.
Página 113 - It is gone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which inspired courage whilst it mitigated ferocity, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness.